Camping and backing

apparently the cereal changes skin color also 

Ten years ago today Columbus had a bon-a-vide blizzard! 

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OK - so yesterday I went to the barber and there was a dude from the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Unit getting his stubble cut.   

Without him knowing it I paid for his haircut because I appreciate the military.  Did I get a thank you? a nod of acknowledgement?   I got nothing.  I have been thinking about this for 24 hours now and I'm wondering why I feel I should have gotten SOMETHING.  

So  . . am I a bad person for thinking I should have gotten anything in return?  I have been feeling guilty for 24 hours now that I was a little ticked.   I'm so conflicted!  I even gave the barber a tip for him.   

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Camping story. My parents were big campers.  I remember when I was 6 I think the family went on a vacation to Florida in a VW beetle and a trailer with tents and stuff.   

The trip to Florida with 4 people - GULP

I remember my mom wrapping spanish moss around herself in Mississippi and it was full of chiggers. Spent a night in the hospital.

I remember my dad telling me not to mention the civil war (which was a obsession even back then) and I REALLY remember coming back and for some reason we stopped at night on a dark road.  We were all out of the car . . maybe taking a pee or something and my dad in a very very low voice but very stern and I have goosebumps even today thinking about it

"Get back in the car, get back in the car NOW".  

My brother was bitten by a whip tail scorpion one morning when he put on his pants and it was in one leg.    FUN FUN vacation!  we also went out to the Rockies 

ANYWAY - that is not the story.

Dad purchased a BIG tent. One of those that sleeps 8 or something and before we went camping with it he wanted to put it up in the backyard.  

WELL - we all had our jobs so we put it up and then we took it down.  THEN - we put it up again and we took it down and THEN  ONE MORE TIME we put it up and took it down.  Spent all afternoon "rehearsing".

So we went camping and we get out of the car and proceed to put it up in a military fashion  Each of us doing our jobs.   

About halfway through by brother see's people watching us and when we were finished there was literally a group of people that applauded us.  LOL  OH - we were good! 

This came to mind as we were talking about my brothers 2 camping adventures last summer after he got HIS pop-up.  It seems nobody knows how to backup a trailer and there is yelling and cursing between husbands and wives who can't communicate.

I'm pretty good at backing a trailer, maybe not a 17 foot one like we are getting but I understand the geometry. Just like parallel parking, it's all geometry and you only turn the wheel twice. It's simple.

HOWEVER - trailers have blind spots.  DJ found this video about backing into a site and the last part is OUTSTANDING.  Where should the spotter stand and what he or she should say and a few other tips I had not thought of.   

https://youtu.be/pUe-Sl9lUh0  

  

 

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OH - I'm disgusted about the democrats in Wisconsin getting all anal about two republicans putting up a tree in the State Cap Rotunda!  GOOD LORD PEOPLE - GET A FREAKING LIFE.

Getting all pissy about two republicans DEFYING AN ORDER and putting up a 5 foot Christmas tree and taking an hour of their time to decorate it so a 100+ year tradition could be maintained. 

BAA HUMBUG!  

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Looks like I will get to see DUNE for free when it hits the theatres and HBO MAX!  I would rather see DUNE in a theatre even though I have a kick ass Home Theatre 

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Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport . . . ???   YUP  2024 in Paris!   boxing and weightlifting - GONE  too much doping it seems 

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Med schools have seen an 18% increase.  STILL not enough to have Universal Health Care which will never happen in my lifetime.  A stupid pipe dream.  If you want to completely gut and put in place an entirely new health cares system  . . . . look at Obama Care, worked GREAT and then . . . . the GOP decided too many people were getting health care. 

OH - in theory it would be great.  Logistically impossible as long as we keep getting a different party in charge. and we need MANY MANY MANY more nurses and doctors. 

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Watch for snow this weekend

Cheers